Car tank



I-A. MILLER July 9, 1929.

CAR TANK Filed July 25, 1927 l atented July 9, 1929.

. uann AIR-THUR MILLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GAR TANK.

Application filed .Tu1y 25, 1927.

This invention relates to improvements in ear tanks, and more especially to such a tank commonly used in poultry cars.

in such tanks as heretofore made and used,

5 dilliculty is fl'requently encountered from water siopping or spilling out through the neck of the tank in transit. 'lhe rocking and shaking oi? the ca r causes a great deal of disti'lrbance and splashing of the water inside 10 the tank with the result that some of it :-:pl'.1shes out through the neck oi the tank around the plu Among the features of my invention is the provision oi? means to ]')revent such escape oil? water from such splashing.

@thor features and adjwnitages of my invention will appear more fully as I proceed with my specification.

in that form of device embodying the lcatures of my inveitition shown in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vorti ial sectional view and JB 2 is a similar view on an enlargeifl scale showing one neck of the tank.

As shown in the drawin s, 10 indicates a water tank as commonly arranged and supported inside of a car. The tank is provided with two l'illing necks 16, 16 and since these are similar ll shall describe but one in detail.

T he neck 16 is re'lferably provided with a plug 1'? priiivided with a handle 17. The neck 16 oi? the tank is usually tapered, as shown.

18 indicates a collar attached. to the inside ol the neck by means of the rivets 19 and provided at its lower edge with an inwardly projecting flange 18 The lower end ol the iilug 17 is provided with a recess or rabbet 17" adapted to accommodate the collar 18 and the lower end oi the plug 17 preferably rests on the flange 18.

@110 of the advantages o'l my invention that the collar with the flange 18 can be readily attached to existing tanks.

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Serial No. 208,276.

In the operation 01 the device, the flange l8 and the other parts prevent splashing and. leakage of the water out around the plug 17.

The flange 18* is preferably narrow enough so that the space confined thereby is not substantially smaller than the opening of the neck at its smaller end. Ordinarily such necks are large enough so that a man may go through to enter the tank. Accordit the space confined by the flange 18 is not substantially smaller than the small end of the neck, a man may pass through list as well when the collar and flange are in place.

l lhile l have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that it is capable of many modilications. Ghangcs, therefore, in the construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention disclosed in the appended claim, in which it is my intention to claim all novelty in my invention as broadly as possible in view of the prior art.

hat I claim new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In combination with a tank of the character described pri'ivided with a tapered neck and plug therefor, means for preventing water from leaking up through the neck around the plug, said means including, a

separate tapered collar adapted to litin the inside of said neck and adjacent to the walls thereof, said collar having an integral inwardly projecting flange at its lower edge, and means for attaching said collar inside of said neck to make a watei.'tight joint between said collar and said neck, said plug for said tank adapted to lit in said neck above said flange and provided. with a rabbet to accommodate said collar.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day 01? July, 1927.

ARTHUR MULLER. 

